Curious folk rituals of my people.

[rivka]

Alex says, "This is the Scary Mama pumpkin and the Scary Child pumpkin. And the Papa pumpkin is gaming."

Carving pumpkins into jack o' lanterns is a pretty weird ritual, if you think about having to explain it to someone unfamiliar with the practice. (Richard Dawkins wouldn't approve at all.)

Alex was much more involved with the project this year, although she was pretty dubious about actually reaching her hand in to scoop out pumpkin guts. But she consulted heavily on the design, scooped a fair amount of the guts out with a spoon, and helped me pick out seeds to save for roasting.



Under the cut is a bonus picture of Alex, just because I love it.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

Wow. She's so lovely!

I do hope to see a picture of her dressed as a robot in further folk rituals of your people.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to pick up the hot glue gun to add the final decorations this afternoon. Expect robot pictures imminently!

[chiefted]

And the Papa pumpkin is gaming.

*snort*

She is getting so big and I love the face in picture two. She looks so determined.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i'm having to be quiet so my coworkers don't ask me what i'm laughing about but yeah. hee!

[cantkeepsilent.livejournal.com]

Well designed pumpkins. Those teeth are scaring me, and I'm all the way over here!

Personally, I think that the whole holiday is an apple cider and roasted pumpkin seed delivery mechanism.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

The pumpkin seeds turned out so well that I'm kind of thinking of buying another pumpkin, just for the seeds. We took them over to a friend's house and they were gone in minutes.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Fun! In that last picture, she looks really grown-up. (Like, four.)

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Oh, Alex looks lovely, and so grown-up. As for Dawkins' opinions: I say, speaking as a life-long never-even-begun-considering-being-anything-else atheist: ignore him.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

"And the Papa pumpkin is gaming."

*dead of cute*